Don’t freak out about the Giants’ netting

•Fans have been quick to respond to the Giants’ installation of additional netting at AT&T Park, and the Twitter reactions cover the spectrum.

From Bruce Hall: “Sucks.”

From Peter Klabunde: “Smart decision. Fans will need five minutes to adjust to the netting before they no longer notice.”

It’s important to remember that this wasn’t a “decision.” Without really saying so, Major League Baseball demanded alterations at all 30 ballparks, and all teams have complied. It’s also a little crazy to say, “Hey, what’s with all this safety nonsense?”

Klabunde and Giants President Larry Baer are correct: People will get over this, in short order. And since we’re on the subject, fans throughout the park are putting their lives at risk by constantly staring down into their cell phones. Pay attention. It’s a ballgame, not an airport lounge.

•One of the country’s top baseball writers, Washington Post columnist Tom Boswell, was originally skeptical about the Nationals’ hiring of old-school manager Dusty Baker. His dispatch from last week: “With quiet but memorable aphorisms, with private meetings and public jokes, with force of personality and 50 years of hold-a-crowd-in-your-hand stories, Baker has started to make the Nationals his team. He doesn’t try. It just happens. That’s leadership. His unforced charisma is directly linked to his success.”

•A grim fact of life in modern times: When Zack Wheeler returns to the Mets, probably in July, the entire rotation — including Matt Harvey, Noah Syndegaard, Steven Matz and Jacob deGrom — will be veterans of Tommy John surgery.

•The Giants have a hard-throwing pitcher, Ian Gardeck, wearing No. 75 in camp. Somehow, that only looks right on Barry Zito.

•Even Barry Bonds’ closest friends feel he’s a long shot to last the entire season as the Miami Marlins’ hitting coach. They picture the team 15 games out in midsummer, a grueling road trip at hand, and a disillusioned Bonds bailing out. Can’t blame him, really. For a strict-standards man like Bonds, the season can get awfully long if you’re no longer playing.